Re: sand

["Merce" <M.LIEBANES@terra.es>]

I think that the name "Black Beauty" is used more as a generic name than
as one for a specific product, I've heard of it in many parts of the USA
and I can't believe that it's all the same stuff,  especially when I
read on thekrib.com about people who have had problems with BB. I think
that anyone would be wise to check their BB before adding it to an
aquarium.
C:-)lin

-----Original Message-----
From: Randy Carey <carey@spacestar.net>
To: apisto@listbox.com <apisto@listbox.com>
Date: Sunday, February 18, 2001 2:34 PM
Subject: Re: sand


>I've gone to a sand blasting supply company.  In my area (Minnesota) I
can get
>red flint gravel in many different sizes.  You can get it so small that
it might
>be too fine for an undergravel filter.  For black "sand," they have one
product
>called "black beauty."  (Someone once questioned its mineral content,
but it
>appears to be inert.  I have had black beauty in some tanks for years
and with no
>problems.)
>
>The sand blasting supply company is where several aquarium stores
(around here)
>get their natural-colored gravel that they use and resell.  I think it
cost me
>something like $6 or $8 per 100-pound bag for red flint.  And they have
other
>types of "gravel" available on display.  Just look in the yellow pages
(or on the
>'Net) under "sand blasting."
>
>--Randy
>
>
>
>Brian Berggoetz wrote:
>
>> I'm looking for a darker substrate than the silica sand I have now.
>> Good stuff but too bright.  Is there a pea gravel that is fine enough
>> for the apistos too still dig in it?  Is there another alternative?
I'd
>> like to keep it more natural than the bare bottom tank.  I'm
interested
>> in natural behavior.
>> bb
>>
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